Every religion is basically meant to bring peace and happiness in the individual as well as the societies. However, the matter leads to complications when religion is mixed with law though both are separate subjects. Religion has spiritual fundamentals to improve internal goodness of the man. On the other hand law has an explicit charter of maintaining peace and harmony in the community. Such tenets in English are called lawbooks while in Sanskrit we name it as ‘dharmshastra’. They are both two lines of a railway track. So long they are parallel, running of trains is normal. When they meet, accident is the outcome. Likewise, whenever faith and law get mixed up, chaos becomes an obvious outcome. The wave of terrorism, all over the world today is just an approach of proving that only your faith is true and you take law in your hand to wipe out others as if they have no right to live on earth. It has stooped to such low that even such criminal activities are supported by their co-religionists believing that after all it is intended to protect the faith from non-believers (kafirs).
In this backdrop, there has been a healthy development in one sect of Islam. Immediately after the Eid Namaz on July 18, 2015 Mufti Saleem Noori of Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam issued a fatwa telling its followers to keep off terrorism. The fatwa requires not to offer the ‘namaz-e-janaza’ or the last prayer before burial for terrorists and those helping terror-accused. According to him, any terrorist who claims to be a Muslim is acting against the tenets of Islam. The religion does not propagate violence and shedding of blood of innocents. Thus, such people cannot be treated as Muslims as they are violating Islamic principles.
According to the fatwa, in no way Islam allows terrorism and killing of people. Therefore, no Imam or any other person should offer their ‘namaz-e-janaza’ after their death. It called upon the Muslims to stand up and raise their voice against such terror activities as they give a bad tinge to Islam. When “namaz-e-janaza will not be offered, their bodies cannot be buried in the approved graveyards. In other words, it amounts to clearly disowning terrorists from the religion. It is bound to work as an effective deterrent for the misguided youth.
In the light of the fatwa above, everybody in our beyond Islam should tune themselves to maintain a safe distance from terrorists/militants, mercilessly shedding the blood of innocent. Yakub Memon, who was involved in the Mumbai Blast claiming 257 lives, is destined to be hanged. Over the years, he has explored all avenues either to avoid the gallow or minimize the sentence without success. Despite that I heard a Muslim NCP leader telling the press that Yakub was awarded death sentence because of being a Muslim. Should not he pay heed to the above fatwa?
In this backdrop, there has been a healthy development in one sect of Islam. Immediately after the Eid Namaz on July 18, 2015 Mufti Saleem Noori of Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam issued a fatwa telling its followers to keep off terrorism. The fatwa requires not to offer the ‘namaz-e-janaza’ or the last prayer before burial for terrorists and those helping terror-accused. According to him, any terrorist who claims to be a Muslim is acting against the tenets of Islam. The religion does not propagate violence and shedding of blood of innocents. Thus, such people cannot be treated as Muslims as they are violating Islamic principles.
According to the fatwa, in no way Islam allows terrorism and killing of people. Therefore, no Imam or any other person should offer their ‘namaz-e-janaza’ after their death. It called upon the Muslims to stand up and raise their voice against such terror activities as they give a bad tinge to Islam. When “namaz-e-janaza will not be offered, their bodies cannot be buried in the approved graveyards. In other words, it amounts to clearly disowning terrorists from the religion. It is bound to work as an effective deterrent for the misguided youth.
In the light of the fatwa above, everybody in our beyond Islam should tune themselves to maintain a safe distance from terrorists/militants, mercilessly shedding the blood of innocent. Yakub Memon, who was involved in the Mumbai Blast claiming 257 lives, is destined to be hanged. Over the years, he has explored all avenues either to avoid the gallow or minimize the sentence without success. Despite that I heard a Muslim NCP leader telling the press that Yakub was awarded death sentence because of being a Muslim. Should not he pay heed to the above fatwa?
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